different between propose vs norn

English

Etymology

From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb) , propos (noun), from Latin pr?p?n?, pr?p?n?re, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

propose (third-person singular simple present proposes, present participle proposing, simple past and past participle proposed)

1. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

   Synonyms: put forth, suggest, (rare) forthput

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

2. (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

3. (transitive) To intend.
   • 1859, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Preface (Google preview):

     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1:

     HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

     There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

     Proposing with the prince and Claudio

5. (obsolete) To set forth.
   • 1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad, book 11:

     . . . so weighty was the cup,

     That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

Usage notes

• In use 1, this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
• In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
• For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
• Compared to to suggest, to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.

Derived terms

• proposal
• proposement

Related terms

• proponent
• proposition

Translations

Noun

propose (plural proposes)

1. (obsolete) An objective or aim.

Anagrams

• opposer, poopers

French

Verb

propose

1. inflection of proposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• opposer

Italian

Verb

propose

1. third-person indicative past historic of proporre

Anagrams

• propeso

English

Alternative forms

• nurn

Etymology

From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian (“to be sad, murmur, complain, mourn, lament, grieve”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnu?n?n (“to mourn”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?new- (“to gnaw, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old Saxon gnorn?n (“to be sad”).

Alternatively, the Middle English word may be of North Germanic origin. Compare dialectal Swedish norna, nyrna (“to inform secretly”).

Verb

norn (third-person singular simple present norns, present participle norning, simple past and past participle norned)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To mourn; complain.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forward; proffer; propose.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To say; speak; utter; tell.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To call.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse norn.

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir)

1. (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.

Declension

Synonyms

• norna

Etymology 2

From English Norn or Scots Norn, from Norn, from Old Norse norr?na.

Noun

norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable)

1. (language) Norn

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?rtn/
• Rhymes: -?rtn

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)

1. witch (person who uses magic)

Declension